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LG Gram 17 is Lightest 17-inch laptop ever

LG started the “Gram” laptop series which was not so impressive. But now, LG has made a sleek, beautiful, thin and lightweight “LG Gram 17” laptop which is joining the rest of the lineup that is getting bigger this year.

LG Gram 17 laptop is a productivity-based ultrabook. It is the lightest 17-inch laptop ever. The ultrabook comes with 2560 x 1600 “2K” screen. The screen reaches 96 percent sRGB color rating according to reports. It gives more room for content creators for their productivity.

LG Gram 17 Price & Availability:

The laptop is available on Amazon for $1,696. Price may change in the future. It is available with 8th Gen Core i7 Whiskey Lake processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage specs. UK pricing hasn’t yet been announced, but expect it to be in the same region.

Design & Display:

LG Gram 17 is so light-weight laptop. It is made up of a special metal alloy comprised of nanocarbon and magnesium. It weighs only 2.95 pounds (1.3kg). It is the first 17-inch laptop in the world which is that much light-weight in 2019. It is 18mm thin and 361mm wide.

The display is gorgeous. It is bright and colorful. The screen produces 114.5 percent of the color gamut. At 359 nits, this panel is very bright as well, surpassing the MacBook Pro’s 354 nits. The XPS 15 was even brighter at 371 nits. The screen reaches 96 percent sRGB color rating.

On the left side of the laptop, there is a charging port, USB 3.0 port, Thunderbolt 3/USB Type-C, and an HDMI port. On the right side, there are two more USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, and a microSD card slot. LG Gram 17 comes with a fingerprint reader. It works well.

LG Gram 17 comes with a back-lit keyboard. Keyboard & Touchpad of the laptop is good. The 1.2 mm key pressing gives comfy input. The touchpad is responsive and large. LG opts to keep the touchpad in the middle, and not slightly off to the left side like most laptops with number pads. That means that both the G and H keys are slightly off center with the touchpad. So, it takes time to feel comfortable to type on it.

Battery Life:

LG Gram 17 has superb battery power. It comes with a massive 4-cell 72 WHr battery. It lasts up to 12 hours with regular web surfing at normal brightness level. This is another point to buy this laptop.

Should You Buy LG Gram 17?

LG Gram 17 is a 17-inch light-weight ultrabook with i7 CPU and 16GB RAM. But you can not use it for gaming. It doesn’t come with a discrete graphics card.

But for programming, web surfing, watching videos and movies, productivity work, photoshops and video editing you can use this laptop. It has a gorgeous, bright, vibrant color display. It has massive battery power which lasts 12 hours easily. You can use it everywhere as it is so lightweight and portable laptop.